Thursday, January 17, 2008

Grateful Dead Lookalikes

It occurred to me yesterday that our blog "Grateful Blue" has not yet in its long glorious existence (two months) had a single post related to the Grateful Dead - unless you count Candyman's Jefferson Starship concert review, which I don't. So I guess I'll take it upon myself to try something to get some Dead content here. So, without further ado, I would like to introduce "Grateful Dead Lookalikes." I endeavored to find a celebrity lookalike for each GD member, since saying "Phil looks like this guy down the street from me" doesn't really make sense to anyone else. Add your ideas in the comments, if you have some better matches.

Bob Weir - "Stinky Pete" the Prospector from Toy Story 2This was probably the hardest one to match. I wanted to find something from the early days when Bob looked like a girl, but I couldn't. Give me some suggestions and I'll add "Bob, the early days" to this list.

Phil Lesh - Ned Flanders from The SimpsonsThe modern day Phil has kind of a goody-goody quality to him - kinda like Ned Flanders without the fanatical christianity.

Brent Mydland - comedian Zach GalifianakisZach Galifianakis is a comedian who also plays piano as part of his act. They've got matching beards.

Mickey Hart - John Oates of Hall & OatesMost people think Mickey resembles Spock (Leonard Nimoy). I agree, but with the 'stache, he's a dead ringer for John Oates and his 'stache. He's a maneater...

Bill Kreutzmann - actor Bill MurrayNot so much when they were younger, but they do favor each other now, especially with the beards.

Donna Godcheaux - country singer Loretta LynnDonna's appearance makes her look vaguely Native American, and Loretta Lynn is part Cherokee, so this one seems to work.

Keith Godcheaux - Cowardly Lion from Wizard of OzThere are very few good pictures of Keith, but I think this matches pretty well.

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - Pigpen from PeanutsThis was another obvious one. I had a hard time finding any celebrity who looks like Pigpen.

Vince Welnick - comedian George CarlinI suspect George is a little more fun to be around than Vinnie probably was - he battled depression for years before his death.

Another collossal waste of time, brought to you by Grateful Blue. May the four winds blow you safely home.

could be significantly worse, though you're ever-clever idea of tossing grateful in front of your teams colors has been taken by only school in the big ten that actually knows how to drink. speaking of dead, the reefer isn't half bad either. Wisconsin for number one party school 08!